Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
J Surg Educ. 2021 Jul-Aug;78(4):1046-1051. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.10.014. Epub 2020 Nov 5.
To describe the successes and challenges associated with developing an otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (OHNS) medical education app and website.
From 2010 to 2018, OHNS faculty across Canada contributed to the development of a smartphone app, LearnENT. LearnENT 1.0, was initially launched in 2012 using the Apple iOS 6 platform. The app utilized a novel user interface and interactive features to help learners develop approaches to OHNS clinical problems, review relevant anatomy, history, and physical examination skills. However, the release of iOS 7 necessitated a redesign and relaunch of LearnENT which occurred from 2015 to 2018 to produce the final version of the app, LearnENT 2.0. Through the relaunching process, the LearnENT team redesigned the app's interface, produced a web version of the app, and created a new content management system.
OHNS departments across Canada.
OHNS faculty members, residents, and medical students.
Through this approach, a sustainable, widely accessible, open access OHNS e-Learning resource was developed. Since the relaunch, the LearnENT app has 2728 user accounts and has been widely used across the globe with users in 36 countries outside of North America. LearnENT is currently the official learning app of the Canadian Society of OHNS, has been featured on several different medical education platforms and incorporated into medical school curricula at various institutions.
The authors successfully created a novel e-Learning resource with the goal of improving OHNS medical education both nationally and internationally.
描述开发耳鼻喉头颈外科学（OHNS）医学教育应用程序和网站所取得的成功和面临的挑战。
2010 年至 2018 年，加拿大各地的 OHNS 教师参与了智能手机应用程序 LearnENT 的开发。LearnENT 1.0 最初于 2012 年在苹果 iOS 6 平台上推出。该应用程序利用新颖的用户界面和交互功能，帮助学习者掌握 OHNS 临床问题的解决方法，复习相关解剖学、病史和体格检查技能。然而，iOS 7 的发布需要对 LearnENT 进行重新设计和重新推出，这一过程从 2015 年持续到 2018 年，以产生应用程序的最终版本 LearnENT 2.0。在重新推出的过程中，LearnENT 团队重新设计了应用程序的界面，制作了应用程序的网络版本，并创建了新的内容管理系统。
加拿大各地的 OHNS 部门。
OHNS 教师、住院医师和医学生。
通过这种方法，开发了一个可持续、广泛可访问的 OHNS 电子学习资源。自重新推出以来，LearnENT 应用程序拥有 2728 个用户账户，并在全球范围内得到广泛使用，除北美以外的 36 个国家/地区都有用户。LearnENT 目前是加拿大耳鼻喉头颈外科学会的官方学习应用程序，已在多个不同的医学教育平台上展示，并被纳入不同机构的医学院课程。
作者成功创建了一个新颖的电子学习资源，旨在在国内外改善 OHNS 医学教育。
